• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    Did anyone notice how one billionaire has the power and control to decide who can be elected and who can’t?

    That isn’t a democracy - government by the people

    That’s known as a plutocracy - government by the wealthy

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      8 months ago

      We need campaign finance reform (among a LOT else but this would help) preventing corporate money entirely. Which means getting rid of Citizens United first

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      They like to hammer talking points to the masses to control the message. How does one spread this realization for the masses to hear it?

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        The masses are extraordinarily susceptible to corporate media. All you need to do is control that - or, let’s be real, a good chunk of it is all that’s needed - and you’re in!

        And that’s why networks and studios sell for billions of dollars. Also, “television never changed anyone’s mind, and I’m not swayed by advertisements”

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    Yea we need to tax the fuck out of billionaires so they cease to exist.

    That’s the only story here.

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      They were backing her because they don’t like Trump. They didn’t support him in 2016 either.

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      I think they can’t get a good return-on-investment with the demented rapist. Let’s face it, he’s beyond incompetent, he can barely stick to the script and often-as-not he blows up what he’s supposed to support.

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      Many possible reasons, such as the off chance Trump gets blocked from running. I realise its unlikely he will get blocked but there is still a chance it could happen and would have looked slightly more likely at the start.

      Also to force concessions from Trump. Not because she would have posed an actual risk to him in the primaries but because he had to spend money defending his position. If there is one thing Trump is always short of, its money.

      She also acts as a blocker to other candidates, who may leverage a stronger position if she wasn’t funded properly into lucrative positions in a Trump dictatorship in exchange for standing down.

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    She’s done, it doesn’t matter if she drops out Tuesday or a week from Tuesday. Republicans now are Trump voters and that’s the end of it.

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        They wanted gerrymandered districts, and now they have to deal with the consequences.

        MAGoos are going to keep winning the primaries, because they are super motivated to vote in every election. Then they’ll keep losing the popular vote because people will turn out on election day.

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          Gerrymandering doesn’t impact statewide elections like President, Senator, Secretary of State. Just Congressional districts.

          SC still votes Republican every time.

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      That’s to bad, I was hoping she would continue to divide the red team as much as possible.

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    LOL

    I heard her for the first time the other day and she was AWFUL. Wooden and patronising.

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    Every American politician at the upper levels relies on such vast sums of money to campaign. Its just a question of finding out who owns them. Doesn’t matter which side